To promote the development of theory, methods, and practice concerning women in society and the gendered nature of social institutions; to encourage the critical evaluation of current sociological paradigms from the perspective of all subordinate groups, including women; to promote perspectives and foster consciousness concerning women's rights throughout the world; to improve research, organize meetings, and promote other means of communication, cooperation and collaboration among researchers at the national, regional, and international levels; to forge links with the research committees on women in other international social science associations.

Statutes

President
Evangelia Tastsoglou, Saint Mary's University, Canada, evie.tastsoglou@smu.ca
Co-Presidents-elect, co-Chairs for the 2010-2014 term
Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, Adomako@ug.edu.gh/adomako@gmail.com  
Josephine Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA, beokubet@fau.edu
Secretary-Treasurer
Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut, USA, bandanapurkayastha@yahoo.com
Newsletter Editor
Antoinette Hetzler, Lund University, Sweden, antoinette.hetzler@soc.lu.se

Regional Representatives

Africa
Oluyemi Fayomi, Convenant University, Nigeria, olu_fayomi@yahoo.com
Abdul-Mumin Sa'ad:  Nigeria, American University of Nigeria, Yola, amsaad89@hotmail.com
James Odit, Regional Director of the Commonwealth Youth Programme, Lusaka, Zambia jodit@cypafrica.org.zm

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim
Cynthia Joseph, Monash University, Australia, cynthia.joseph@education.monash.edu.au
Anne Seitz, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale, Victoria Australia, aseitz@swin.edu.au
Shirley, Hsiao-Li Sun, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, hlsun@ntu.edu.sg

East, South and South East Asia
Anita Dash, Ravenshaw University,Cuttack, Orissa, India, dashanita@yahoo.co.in   
Jie Du, Women’s Studies Institute of China, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, dujie@wsic.ac.cn
Yu-Hsia Lu, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, luyh@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Renu Ranjan, Magadh Mahila College, Patna, India, renu.ranjan@gmail.com

Europe
Laura Maratou-Alipranti, National Center of Social Research, Greece, lalipranti@ekke.gr
Analia Cardoso Torres, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal, analia.torres@iscte.pt
Laura Corradi, Università Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy, laura.corradi@unical.it
Olesya Kirilenko, Rivne University, Rivne, Ukraine, olesya_kirilenko@mail.ru

Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean
 Jeanne de Bruijn: University of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaco, Netherlands Antilles, jgm.debruijn@una.an
Alicia Dambrauskas, Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay, aidambrauskas@gmail.com
Alicia Itatí Palermo, at Luján National University, Luján, Argentina, apalermo@uolsinectis.com.ar

Middle East, West Asia
Nazanin Shahrokni, University of Berkeley, USA, nazanin@berkeley.edu
Nilay Çabuk Kaya, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey, cabukkaya@gmail.com

North America, Canada and the United States
Solange Simoes, Eastern Michigan University, USA, ssimoes@emich.edu
Sirma Bilge, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, sirma.bilge@umontreal.ca
Vappu Tyyska, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, vtyyska@soc.ryerson.ca
Manisha Desai, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA, manisha.desai@uconn.edu

Past Boards

Please send your comments and any news item for the next newsletter to Newsletter Editor, Antoinette Hetzler, Lund University, Sweden, antoinette.hetzler@soc.lu.se
RC32 Newsletter:

• Spring 2010
• November 2009
• Spring 2009
• December 2008
• March 2008
  

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